Product Manager

Compensation: No equity

Senior Product Manager Location: United States, Remote Employment Type: Independent Contract Department: Product

About Us OpenAssets is building open standards for the next generation of capital markets, providing the trusted foundation for real-world asset tokenization and digital currencies. We design regulatory-conscious solutions for alternative asset digitization and loyalty programs, enabling organizations to create secure, scalable digital assets and personalized engagement experiences. Join OpenAssets and help shape the future of digital finance!

Overview OpenAssets is seeking a Senior Product Manager to help lead product strategy and execution across our institutional digital asset and financial infrastructure platform. This role is designed for a senior product leader who can operate across market strategy, product definition, client requirements, technical execution, and cross-functional alignment. The ideal candidate brings strong judgment, financial markets knowledge, product discipline, and the ability to turn complex institutional opportunities into scalable, commercially relevant products.

What You'll Do

• Lead product strategy, roadmap definition, and execution across key institutional product initiatives.
• Translate market opportunities, institutional client needs, regulatory considerations, and technical capabilities into clear product direction.
• Partner with Engineering to define product requirements, architecture considerations, delivery priorities, and implementation tradeoffs.
• Work closely with Business Development, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, and leadership to ensure product initiatives are aligned, commercially relevant, and execution-ready.
• Support institutional client and partner engagements by helping frame product solutions, clarify requirements, and communicate OpenAssets’ capabilities.
• Develop executive-ready product materials, strategy briefs, client-facing documentation, internal updates, and product decision frameworks.
• Conduct market, competitor, and ecosystem research to identify product opportunities across financial infrastructure, tokenization, digital currencies, and emerging capital markets.
• Establish clear product processes, documentation standards, prioritization discipline, and operating rhythms as OpenAssets scales its product organization.
• Drive accountability across complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept through launch and post-launch iteration.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum of 8 years in product management or strategy within fintech, capital markets, or financial infrastructure sectors.
• Deep expertise in capital markets, covering tokenization, ETFs, fixed income, and institutional workflows.
• Proven track record at institutional platforms, asset managers, or market infrastructure firms.
• Skill in bridging strategic goals with technical requirements, navigating regulatory and engineering constraints.
• Technical proficiency in blockchain architecture and smart contracts to guide high-level product design.
• Preference for experience with ERC standards (ERC-20, ERC-4626), oracles, and digital asset custody models.
• Competence in using AI tools, specifically Claude, to optimize documentation and research workflows.
• Strong communication skills for engaging institutional clients and explaining complex technical concepts.
• Established professional network within US financial and crypto-native institutional ecosystems.

Nice to Have Prior tokenization, DLT, or digital asset infrastructure exposure Quality discipline or functional verification experience Direct relationships with custodians, transfer agents, asset managers, or institutional tokenization teams Experience with regulated structured products (Reg S, Reg D, 40 Act funds, structured notes) We are committed to providing equal opportunity for qualified applicants to contract positions, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. This is a contract opportunity, not a direct employment role.